Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging Pixel Analysis of the Intrinsic Plantar Muscle Tissue between Hemiparesis and Contralateral Feet in Post-Stroke Patients

Cesar Calvo-Lobo, Ana Isabel Useros-Olmo, Jaime Almazán-Polo, Miriam Martín-Sevilla, Carlos Romero-Morales, Irene Sanz-Corbalán, David Rodríguez-Sanz and Daniel López-López
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Cesar Calvo-Lobo: Nursing and Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de León, 24401 Ponferrada, Spain
Ana Isabel Useros-Olmo: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Centro superior de estudios Universitarios La Salle, Motion in Brains Research Group, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28023 Madrid, Spain
Jaime Almazán-Polo: Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Miriam Martín-Sevilla: Unidad de Daño Cerebral, Hospital Beata Maria Ana, 28007 Madrid, Spain
Carlos Romero-Morales: Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Irene Sanz-Corbalán: School of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
David Rodríguez-Sanz: Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Daniel López-López: Research, Health and Podiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, Universidade da Coruña, 15403 Ferrol, Spain

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: Quantitative ultrasound imaging of the muscle tissue may be applied in the neurology field, due to B-mode grayscale pixels values could be used as potential biomarkers for disease progression and intervention effects in poststroke patients. Thus, the study aim was to compare and analyze the ultrasound imaging B-mode pixels differences between the intrinsic plantar muscles cross-sectional area (CSA) in hemiparetic and contralateral feet from poststroke patients by means of the Image J software. A case-control design and a convenience sampling method were used in order to recruit 22 feet from 11 poststroke patients. This total sample was divided into 11 hemiparetic feet and 11 contralateral feet. The Image J software was used in order to evaluate the interface distance, CSA as well as measure the pixels mean, standard deviation (SD) and count from all offline images in the flexor digitorum brevis, abductor hallucis (AbH), and flexor hallucis brevis muscles. Statistically significant differences ( p = 0.003) were only shown for the pixels count in the AbH muscle. The rest of outcome measurements did not show any statistically significant difference ( p > 0.05). Therefore, B-mode ultrasound imaging Image J software differences for the pixels count reduction were shown in the AbH muscle between hemiparetic and contralateral feet from poststroke patients. Further studies are necessary in order to apply our findings as potential biomarkers during the stroke disease course.

Keywords: anatomy cross-sectional; foot; muscle spasticity; ultrasonography; paresis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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